Women New level 6 - required or not this year?

[flippingtogether]

There was at least one thread I found from March of this year, but nothing more recent and nothing definitive.
Is new level 6 required this year? Me thinks no, but......

We moved half way across the country this year. DD's old gym completely ignored L6, and is either having kids move from 5 to 7, or kids will repeat 5 if not ready to move up. (My DD is a first time L5 this season....so this impacts her in a year).

At DD's new gym, everyone seems to think L6 is a stepping stone requirement. Kids who are ready to go to L7 are doing one meet of L6 to 'score out' before moving to moving to 7. In a casual conversation, I mentioned that it was not needed to do a single meet of 6 but I was corrected and told all the girls must do one meet of L6, per USA Gymnastics reqirements.

So..... I cannot find on the USA Gymnastics site anything that clarifies this. Anyone completely on the know/have a link to a website with the real McCoy??

 

[raenndrops]

Level 6 is NOT a required Level Per USAG!!!!!
"Level 6 may be skipped if a 31.00 AA was achieved at Level 5"

https://usagym.org/pages/women/pages/overview_jo.html

 

[gymmomtoo]

The people at the new gym are wrong. Level 6 is not required.

 

[flippingtogether]

Thank you.... I thought so and knew it had to be so..... Just needed all the smart people at CB to provide the final verification...

 

[flippingtogether]

Level 6 is NOT a required Level Per USAG!!!!!
"Level 6 may be skipped if a 31.00 AA was achieved at Level 5"

https://usagym.org/pages/women/pages/overview_jo.html

Thank you so much - this is what I had been unable to find. Perfect!!!!!